The group has been active for 15 years and is one of the most acclaimend group that meshes the ancient traditional ritual dance music of Taranta (Salento, Southern Italy) with electronic music. Explosive, energetic and captivating, Kalàscima features many fascinating instruments (bagpipe, traditional flutes, Italian organetto), a spectacularly vast array of percussion from the South of Italy and all over the world (rick, darbouka), thrilling vocals, and modern instruments (bass guitar and loop machine). It's the ancient that meets the modern and the result is explosive, a sort of trance-folk music.